Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Prediscosphaeraceae
Synonym: Deflandrius Bramlette and Martini 1964
Parent taxon: Prediscosphaeraceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
See also Perch-Nielsen 1985
Sister taxon: Petrarhabdus
Subtaxa: Prediscosphaera arkhangelskyi Prediscosphaera bukryi Prediscosphaera columnata Prediscosphaera cretacea Prediscosphaera grandis Prediscosphaera honjoi Prediscosphaera incohatus Prediscosphaera majungae Prediscosphaera microrhabdulina Prediscosphaera ponticula Prediscosphaera rhombica Prediscosphaera serrata Prediscosphaera spinosa Prediscosphaera stoveri
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (1 collection)
• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (3)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Indian Ocean (2), Türkiye (2)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (24), Austria (1), Belgium (1), France (1), Indian Ocean (138), Israel (1), North Atlantic (3), North Pacific (1), Romania (1), South Atlantic (7), South Pacific (2)
Total: 188 collections including 312 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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